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Military has concerns over traffic near missile bases

Intense oil drilling that’s honeycombing western North Dakota has not disturbed nuclear-tipped missiles buried beneath much of the same real estate that companies are targeting for crude, the military says. But the U.S. Air Force has become increasingly concerned about the booming oil activity above ground rather than below and has been meeting with industry officials as a precaution against potential conflicts.

By By James MacPherson, Associated Press , April 13, 2012

State missile site to offer a special tour

The Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site near Cooperstown in east central North Dakota is offering this winter’s final in-depth tour of the Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility on Feb. 18.

February 09, 2012

Cold War reunion brings back memories

Cold War reunion brings back memories Oscar-Zero was more “spiffed up” Saturday than remembered by Mike Jennings and Bill Burnet from the early 1970s when they served there as fresh-faced missile launch control officers.

By By Ryan Bakken, Forum Communications Co. , August 08, 2011

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Retired airmen return to ND missile site

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Eighty-five members of the old 321st Strategic Missile Wing reunited at a missile alert facility in eastern North Dakota on Saturday to reminisce.

August 07, 2011

‘Warriors’ to hold reunion

The original “Warriors of the North,” the former members of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing, will return to North Dakota for a special reunion Aug. 4, 5 and 6. On Aug. 6, reunion participants will visit Cooperstown and the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site, which is operated by the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

July 20, 2011

Air Force says ND missiles safe from flooding

The U.S. Air Force said its underground nuclear missile silos are not threatened by Souris River flooding in North Dakota.

June 24, 2011

Nuke missile service unit moves to Cheyenne

A squadron in charge of maintaining nuclear missiles is being relocated to F.E. Warren Air Force Base.

May 27, 2011

Missile issue a sticking point for Obama, Medvedev

DEAUVILLE, France — It is no simple thing to push the “reset” button on U.S.-Russian relations.

By By Nancy Benac, The Associated Press , May 26, 2011

Air Force creates steering group for ICBMs

The people in charge of keeping U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles at the ready are teaming up for the first time with those responsible for extending the life of the aging missiles and their parts suppliers, Air Force officials said.

By By Matt Volz, The Associated Press , April 26, 2010

Nuclear heartland anxious about missile cuts

JUDITH GAP, Mont. (AP) — Here in America's nuclear heartland, where underground missile silos dot the landscape, a proposed U.S.-Russia treaty to reduce nuclear weapons is nothing short of alarming.

By By Matt Volz, The Associated Press , April 04, 2010

Senators ask Gates not to trim number of ICBMs

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are urging Defense Secretary Robert Gates not to trim the number of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles in the country.

October 01, 2009

Iran tests its long-range missiles

Iran tested its longest-range missiles Monday and warned they can reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, parts of Europe and U.S. military bases in the Mideast. The launch capped two days of war games and was condemned as a provocation by Western powers, which are demanding Tehran come clean about a newly revealed nuclear facility it has been secretly building.

By By Ali Akbar Dareini, The Associated Press , September 29, 2009

U.S. sends two missile defense satellites into orbit

Two satellites are heading to orbit as part of a missile defense program demonstration.

September 25, 2009

Advantage to Russia in U.S. missile move

The Kremlin got exactly what it wanted when the United States scrapped plans for missile defenses on Russia’s borders. And Moscow wasted no time in trying to show, at least publicly, that it has ceded nothing in return and, in fact, intends to press for more from Washington.

By By Mike Eckel, The Associated Press , September 19, 2009

Report drove new missile plan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the new missile defense system planned for Europe has the flexibility to adapt to changes in Iranian missile capabilities even if U.S. intelligence about Tehran’s slower-than-expected pace turns out to be wrong.

By By Pamela Hess and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press , September 19, 2009

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